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Homecoming 2020
October 9-10, 2020

Rocky Through the Decades: Purple and Gold Never Get Old

2020 Tentative Schedule

Thursday, October 1, 2020

Celebrating Town & Gown

Friday, October 2, 2020

Paint the Paws

Friday, October 9, 2020

2 p.m. Reunion registration starts; it continues throughout the weekend. Registration will take place at the Alumni House.
5-9 p.m. All-Alumni Social, Alumni House (Complimentary food, beer, wine and soda; cash bar available)

Saturday, October 10, 2020

7-7:45 a.m. Old Stompin' Ground Runaround Registration, Alumni House
8 a.m. Old Stompin' Ground Runaround: 5K Run/1.5 mile walk
8:30 a.m. Reunion Recognition Brunch & Social, Alumni House
9:30 a.m. All-Alumni Breakfast, Alumni House (Complimentary coffee and donuts)
10:30 a.m. Homecoming Parade
Noon-3 p.m. Alumni Cookout at "The Right Place" tent - in Q LOT (Menu: Hot dogs, cheese burgers and hamburgers, veggie burgers, potato chips, bottled water, canned soda and coffee.)
3 p.m. Leathernecks Football Game vs. TBA - Hanson Field
Tickets will not be mailed. The Homecoming football ticket sales are final. Therefore, all tickets purchased through the WIU Alumni Association are non-refundable.

**If you order mums, t-shirts, football tickets and/or lunch tickets, you can pick them up at the Alumni House any time on Friday and until 11:30 a.m. on Saturday morning. After 11:30 a.m. on Saturday, tickets/mums/t-shirts will be taken down to The Right Place tent, which is in Q Lot. You can pick up your items there. Any football tickets not picked up by 3:00 p.m. (game time) on Saturday will be left at the will call window at the stadium.

2019 Grand Marshal

Western Illinois University Hall of Famer and former Leatherneck Football captain, Honorary Doctorate recipient and College of Business and Technology Distinguished Alumnus Bob Nardelli has been named the 2019 Homecoming Parade grand marshal.

The Homecoming Parade will begin at 10:30 a.m. Saturday, Oct. 5. Homecoming events kick off Sept. 26 with "Town & Gown." In addition to being this year's grand marshal, Nardelli will be inducted into the WIU Athletics Hall of Fame during Homecoming weekend.

The former CEO of GE Power Systems, Home Depot and Chrysler, Nardelli was a three-year letterman on the Leatherneck Football Team, and was a starting left guard of the 1969 team that won the final IIAC championship. He also served as co-captain of the 1970 team, and was an active member of Tau Kappa Epsilon (TKE) fraternity at WIU.

"We are thrilled to recognize our distinguished alumnus Bob Nardelli as this year's grand marshal," said WIU Alumni Programs Director Amy Spelman. "Bob has been a loyal and dedicated Leatherneck for many years. He never hesitates to talk about how his alma mater prepared him for his career, and what Western means to him and his family. It's with great pride that we honor Bob as this year's grand marshal.

More information about the 2019 grand marshal can be found HERE!

Homecoming T-shirts

If you didn't order a 2019 Homecoming T-shirt, call 309-298-1914 to order today.

Parking Information

Permits will not be required in lots as of 5 p.m. Friday, until 7 a.m. Monday, with the exception of residence hall lots. Visitor parking is not allowed in reserved residence hall lots. Tickets will be issued to violators in handicapped spaces, reserved spaces and no parking zones (any area not designated as a parking space). If you have any questions or special parking needs, such as handicapped parking, please contact parking services at (309)298-1921.